Quotes About Culture

Every five years, I like to do a big birthday party. I had my 45th birthday with 75 friends in Marrakesh, Morocco.

I was born in Morocco and lived there until I was 13; I'm really proud of my heritage.

My family is from Morocco, and I was born and raised in Canada, but I'm an Indian at heart, for sure.

The hardest situation to pick up a girl in is ... in church and in Morocco on Ramadan. On Ramadan or one of those religious days? Try to pick up a girl is bananas.

Actually, I don't like dogs. I'm from Morocco, and people there don't like animals.

I made a movie in Morocco. I made a movie in Brazil. I've made commercials all over the world. Every set looks like another set.

All that self-expression has just created a generation of morons, hooked on an endless appetite for rubbish.

I have always dreamed of bringing an exhibit of Mark Rothko to Moscow.

I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian language and Russian culture.

My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another.

All of our anchors begin their shows with 'Hello from Moscow.'

'Butterfly Mosque' came out of the emails I wrote to family and friends back home after moving to Egypt.

The last time I was in Abu Dhabi, I had a blast. I went jet-skiing in the Arabian Gulf, I went to Ferrari World, and went to Sheikh Zayed Mosque. I just enjoyed the city and the life. It was just amazing, and I am really looking forward to coming back.

I grew up in the dark ages, pre-digital, when everyone would wait for a magazine each month to see these models who became legendary and iconic, like Kate Moss.

Laughter is America's most important export.

Israel changed my life. It is one of the most amazing countries that I have ever been to.

I've been to some of the most amazing cities in the world.

Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

As for the French language, it's probably one of the most beautiful in the world. I speak a little bit and I can follow conversations, but I think it will take time to improve myself.

Italy is a great country, one of the most beautiful in the world, but I've always gone my own way.

'Coco' is shaping up to be one of the most beautiful films we've made.

The most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people.

The most difficult thing is changing people's mindset.